Originally released as a motion picture in 1985. Special features: full chapterization, pre-production and production slide-shows, and the featurette "Amos Gitai : images of exile". Simona Benyamini, Shmuel Wolf, Zare Vartinyan, Juliano Merr, Mohammed Bakri.
Summary:
In this beautiful transposition of the biblical story, Amos Gitai updates the passionate tale about the ruler of a great and sprawling kingdom who chooses as his queen a beautiful peasant girl named Esther. But when Esther hides her Jewish identity from her husband, a vicious cycle of revenge begins.
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